Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-28
DAILY HERALD.
THE BANQUET.
A Royal Testimonial to
Mr.. Markham.
CHAIRMAN RIsLEY's ADDRESS.
Many and Appropriate fOasts Flo
ouently Responded to by Dis
tinguisled Gentlemen.

The banquet rendered to Hon. II. H
Markham, our Congressman, last nigh
a. the Carleton, Pasadena, was mag
uifcent testimonial to the worth ant
official efficiency of that gentleman.
The grand dining hall was elaborately
and beautifully decorated with pro-
fusion of flowers, in all sorts OF shapes
from the magnificent center piece to i'm
mense clusters and boquets in which the
the rarest exotics were tastefully grouped
with flowers Indigenous 10 California
At 9o'clock the guests took their seats,
They were as follows; Judge Il. NJ.
Ross, Hon. l. w. Hellman, Hon. f, F.
Spence, R. Willard, j. P. Woodbury.,
G.. R. Thomas, w. N. Masters, |. w.
Lord f. A. Eastman, Hon. L. j. Rose,
Charles E. Stanley, Hon. j. +. Crank,
Colonel James J. Ayers, Hon. S. M
White, Major George II. Bonebrake,
Captain D. R. Risley, Hon. H. q. Mark
ham, Hon. r. M. Green, Judge Fl. w.
Magee, Hon. William Vandever, IL j.
Vail, w. N. Monroe. Captain 7. G.
Baker, Colonel Il. w. Root, J. H. Graves.
Id. Gilchrist, W. g. Defriez, j. H..
Baker. B. f. Ball, w. J. Brodrick, Geo.
Herman, J. w. Wood, f. Turner, J. H..
Hugus, B. w. Bates, ID. Galbraitll, G. 8.
Martin, Colonel O. S. Pitcher, e. G.
Webster, I. Coleman, j. E. Outhwaite,
B. T. smith, r. NJ Furlong, j. & Clark,
G.. j. Denis, E. A. Preuss, H. z Os-
borne. Colonel H. G.. Otis, +. R. John.
son, Hon. L. D. Mott, L. J. Dennis, }.
Z Farnham.
The following was the programme:
DINNER.
Chairman Risley's speech and Hon. H.
H. M4rkhams reply.
ToAsTs.
/. Southern acknowledgements, Hon.
2. "The City of Los Angeles the Liveliest
City in The United States"-Response,
. Major g. II. Bonebrake.
s. Pasadena. the Crown GoI 81 the NMaialsyn a2san
4. "rhe New State of southern California
6. "The valley. from SAN Gorgonio TO the
or5 oSssHE as the
o%s orr s'ats, aa,o,srv W. " HoIlman. 4 na,is
10 "rhe ladies'. ...... Hon: Z. F. Spence.
il. "Our Host" Col Z. W. Root
Col. D. r. Risley called the table to
order, at the CT Inclusion of the steady bat
tie with knives and forks, and addressed
the assembled guests as follows:
COL. d. R. RIsLEY's ADDRESS.
GENTLEMEN--lt is not unusual to ex-
tend a welcome to public servant
whose term of Office is not ended.
The member of Congress " no is to re.
turn, re elected, to his post OF duty,
when hailed and fattered by his fellow
citizens, may we'll be IN doubt whether
the courtesy generates i'll honest appre.
{ ciatian of what he has done, OF in u
spirit Of expectancy as to the service he
may yet render if strained appeals are
MADE 10 his pride and self esteem.
Iu the one case such attentions as we
offer tonight are purely in recognition
Of fidelity to a great trust, when the
trustee has voluntarily surrendered bis
commission; in the other, they are under
suspicion of origin in that form of graft
tude which consists of lively sense OF
fayors to come.
/ cong,a,uate you--the host--and
you, the guest of the evening, that our
meeting is under no such restraints as
the latter situation would imply, but
that we are here 10 encourage the fidel-
ity Of others who may in future repre-
sent us, by recognising that quality in
one whose public service ne eded no such
stimulus to its usefulness. What we
do here is all the more pleasant because
il orig mates with the people, and is in
no sense the ouigrowth Of party spirit.
Speaking as party man l cannot
withhold evidences of satisfaction that
we are yearly growing stronger in our
courage to endorse the work wrought
for the whole country, and in its people
by cur faithful public men and states.
men, and would be false to the prompt.
ings of my own heart did | fail TO
recognizes, acknowledge, and as citizs sn
be grateful for, the proud and fear
less appreciation with which my Repub
lican fellow citizens have hailed the
safe, wise aud conservative administra
tion of the President of the Uuited
States, to whom, more than to all
Others, we owe the demonstration that
behind the storm and tumult of party
American people a sturdy determination
to uphold the right, and to merge mere
politics in patriotism, and to forget the
advantage Of party in the welfare of the
Republic, knowing well that to the de-
gree in which any man is filled with such
spirit. he is better Democrat or a
better Republican, because he is better
American.
We hail our guest in the post OF honor
tonight and salute him for the part he
sustained so we'll in the support of the
interests of his whole constituency.
And now, gentlemen ef the jury, l
present the following facts for your in.
formation-to take such action as in
your judgment they deserve--with the
statement that am cognizant of the G
facts, having kept diary of the prison.
er's public acts while in Washington:
CoMMoNwEALTH OF CALIFORNIA, \
VS..
H. H. MARKHAM, M. G.
You are charged with beginning you
official life in q manner to win.
Your going to Washington at you
own expense during the last session O
the Forty.eighth Congress was officia
enterprise which few men ever manifest
We have seen the fruits Of that trip al
through your term.
Your first big victory was that o
being placed upon the River and Harbo
COMMITTEES.
Following that we see earmarks q
your labors all over the District an
State.
] see that you have had the foundatio
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at San Diego, Newport. Wilmington an
San Luis Oblspo, in this district.
That while The Senate cut down I'll
last years appropriation for Wilmingto
$50, 900, you of your own exertion cause
IL tn he reinstated in eonf erence